- Ether 6:6-7…Cry unto the Lord during Hard Times
- Ether 6:9…Sing hymns during Hard Times
- “Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he’s been robbed. Most putts don’t drop. Most beef is tough. Most children grow up to be just people. Most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration. Most jobs are more often dull… Life is like an old-time rail journey delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.” (Gordon B. Hinckley, Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley [1997], 254)
- “It’s not so much what happens to us but how we deal with what happens to us.” (James E. Faust, Ensign, Nov. 2004, 20)
- “You will have all kinds of trials to pass through. And it is quite as necessary that you be tried as it was for Abraham and other men of God. And God will feel after you, and He will take hold of you and wrench your very heartstrings and if you cannot stand it, you will not be fit for an inheritance in the Celestial Kingdom of God.” (John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, 24:197)
- “On one occasion, after a congressional delegation had encouraged him (Abraham Lincoln) to make certain that America ended slavery so that God could continue to bless America, Lincoln replied: “My faith is greater than yours…I also believe He will compel us to do right in order that he may do these things, no so much because we desire them as that they accord with His plans of dealing with this nation, in the midst of which he means to establish justice…I have felt His hand upon me in great trials and submitted to His guidance, and I trust that as he shall further open the way I will be ready to walk therein, relying on His help and trusting in His goodness and wisdom.”” Seven Miracles That Saved America, Page 180
- “When Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, all that they needed for daily sustenance was abundantly given to them. They had no difficulties, challenges, or pain. Because they had never experienced hard times, they did not know they could be happy. They had never felt turmoil, so they could not feel peace. The Fall made possible in our lives feelings of both happiness and sadness. We are able to understand peace because we feel turmoil.” Richard G. Scott, October 2014 General Conference